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Abstract: The power of the environment in shaping children’s productivity is truly remarkable. Many children nowadays are absorbed in trivial activities and artificial entertainment, often overlooking the real-life world surrounding them. As Tolstoy famously wrote, "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." Coaching, as a skill, has gained significant traction globally. Through mastering this skill, individuals can courageously embark on their personal transformation and navigate the "inner game" within their minds. This research draws from Slovenian and foreign literature alongside empirical research utilizing statistical methods. It adopts a retrospective approach, examining past influences through quantitative data evaluation, including surveys with children and teachers. The current topic aims to illuminate the positive significance and impact of coaching skills on children. Moreover, it intends to introduce a new skill set to educational institutions, thereby integrating coaching skills into the teaching process.
Keywords: environment, productivity, coaching, personal transformation, retrospective analysis
Published in DKUM: 17.07.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 8
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Abstract: With computational modeling of lyophilization in vials, the pressure coupling between the sublimation front and the drying chamber has traditionally been calculated using a simplified mass transfer resistance model in the form of a model, which takes into account the headspace and the stopper in a simplified way. In developing a 3D CFD-based digital twin of lyophilization in vials, a need arises for a mass flow rate-dependent vial headspace/stopper model, as it enables a more accurate calculation of the pressure conditions above the shelf as well as pressure conditions directly at the sublimation front, the latter directly affecting the sublimation mass transfer rate as well as the temperature inside the product, which is crucial for determining the risk of product collapse. The local pressure variations at a shelf level affect the heat transfer conditions due to heat conduction in the low pressure environment of the drying chamber. In the present work the development of a coupled multilevel vial lyophilization model for the freeze-drying of vials is reported, with the time-dependent 1D heat and mass transfer model at the vial level coupled with the time-dependent 3D low-pressure CFD model of the flow of the water vapor–air mixture in the drying chamber heated by the shelves. A direct pressure coupling between the sublimation front and the drying chamber space in form of vial type specific headspace/stopper resistance model is implemented. The developed multilevel lyophilization model is used to study the pressure build-up above the shelf and the headspace of the vial and its influence on the product temperature at the bottom of the vial using simulations carried out for different chamber pressures (6 Pa and 22 Pa), shelf temperatures (−20 oC and +10 oC) and vial types (10R and 15R). By implementing previously developed vial headspace/stopper pressure resistance models, the computational results show that the pressure build-up above the shelf and vial headspace significantly affect the product temperature at the bottom of the vial, especially at low chamber pressures ( Pa) and small gap sizes between the rubber stopper and the shelf above it. The increased pressure outside the vial leads also to higher heat transfer by conduction, which is particularly pronounced at the central shelf positions and within smaller shelf gaps. These results underline the importance of using a coupled multilevel model when analyzing the relationship between the local pressure variations above the shelf and their direct influence on product drying conditions, further improving the predictive capabilities of CFD based multilevel lyophilization models, especially with respect to detecting the product collapse temperature.
Keywords: freeze-drying, conjugate heat and mass transfer, computational fluid dynamics, multi-scale modeling
Published in DKUM: 17.06.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 16
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Abstract: In this work, we developed a numerical approach based on an experimental platform to determine the working conditions on a cryoplatform and to predict and evaluate the cryogenic printing of hydrogels. Although hydrogels have good biocompatibility, their material properties make it difficult to print them with high precision and shape fidelity. To overcome these problems, a cryogenic cooling platform was introduced to accelerate the physical stabilisation of each deposited layer during the printing process. By precisely controlling solidification (crystallisation), each printed material can withstand its own weight to maintain shape fidelity, and the porosity of the scaffolds can also be controlled more selectively. The thermophysical properties of gelatine hydrogels were investigated to gain a better understanding of the phase change upon freezing. The corresponding material properties and experimental observations of gelatine solidification served as the basis for developing a computational fluid model (CFD) to mimic the solidification of gelatine hydrogels using a cryoplatform at different process conditions and extruder speeds. The goal was to develop a tool simple enough to predict acceptable process conditions for printing gelatine hydrogels using a cryoplatform.
Keywords: gelatine, hydrogel, cryoprinting, CFD simulation, solidification modelling
Published in DKUM: 20.03.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 17
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Abstract: In dispersed multiphase flow processes we encounter coupled heat, mass and momentum transfer between the disoersed and the continuous phase. In the context of the subdomain Boundary Domain Integral Method (BDIM) solution of the Navier-Stokes equations a two-way coupling model is presented based on the use of the elliptic fundamental solution and the Dirac delta function properties which leads to accurate evaluation of the heat and mass point particle source impacts on the continuous (air) phase. In addition, the two-phase flow case under consideration is extended to the case of porous spherical particle drying with internal moving drying front, which is solved by the Boundary Element Method (BEM).
Keywords: heat transfer, mass transfer, Boundary Element Methods
Published in DKUM: 01.07.2024; Views: 113; Downloads: 24
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Abstract: V diplomskem delu je s pomočjo računalniške dinamike tekočin, opravljena numerična analiza dvofaznega toka v mali čistilni napravi. Predstavljene so geometrijske lastnosti ter vplivni parametri, kot tudi aeracija v mali čistilni napravi. V nadaljevanju je predstavljeno teoretično ozadje modeliranja. Izpeljana sta tudi ohranitvena zakona mase in gibalne količine. Izvedena je bila poliedrična mreža, analiza vplivnih parametrov pretoka in velikosti mehurčka zraka na aeracijo. Na koncu je bil računan indeks uniformnosti porazdelitve volumskega deleža zraka v mali čistilni napravi. Ugotovljene in predstavljene so optimalne razmere za opravljeno simulacijo.
Keywords: mala čistilna naprava, računalniška dinamika tekočin, ANSYS Fluent, aeracija, simulacija
Published in DKUM: 05.03.2024; Views: 308; Downloads: 50
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